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Aloof

  1. adverb

    in an aloof manner

    “the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough”

  2. adjective

    remote in manner

    “stood apart with aloof dignity”

    Similar: distant, upstage

Word family

aloofness

Words that mean the same

Quiet and Reserved

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